Awards and Accolades - July 2021

Faculty Excellence

Congratulations to Royston Greenwood and Michael Lounsbury for their paper “Institutional Complexity and Organizational Responses,” which has won the Decade Award at the Academy of Management Annals. This award is given to the most highly cited paper published in Annals in the last ten years.

Student Success

Congratulations to Ghalia Aamer, one of the first winners of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards season! Ghalia will represent Canada at the 2022 GSEA Global Finals with her company TalkMaze, which offers virtual public speaking and debate coaching for schools, organizations and individuals.

Keilin Morrison is one of 25 recipients across Canada to receive the EDC International Business Scholarship. Well done, Keilin! 

MBA student Kirk Zembal's  Blindman Brewing was mentioned as one of Alberta's top 10 largest breweries by volume in a feature on Alberta's craft beer supply chain. Way to go!

Congratulations to all 2021 AWE Awards Nominees:

• Ghalia Aamer: TalkMaze
• Jessa Aco-Kuchmak (BCom '14): Pontem Innovations Ltd.
• Laura Gustafson (BCom '03): ulivit
• Nicole Janssen (BCom '02): AltaML
• Cat Lee-Hannley (BCom '06): Nai Nai Mie
• Kim Orlesky (BCom '06): KO Advantage Group Ltd.
• Breanne Ross (BCom '21): Pynk Inc.

Alumni Accomplishments

Peter Keith ('19 BCom, '20 MBA) is the Culinary Federation’s 2020 Chef of the Year award recipient. Congratulations.

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